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Annie sat in her room with Fenix and Ikari. Bryce had woken up shortly after Zac arrived in the infirmary he instantly stood up and told Annie to look after Ikari for him. He then opened the window of the infirmary and flew off into the distance. She was worried about him. "Fenix there's no way he recovered from his fight with Zac so quickly what is he doing?" "That isn't something we can worry about Annie. He is doing something that he needs to do. You simply have to trust that he will come back and not do anything stupid. He is rather smart after all." Annie curled up into a ball laying on her bed. "Your right Fenix I'm just worried about him..." Ikari sat at the foot of Annie's bed silently. She wouldn't voice what she was thinking. She knew what Bryce was doing he was going to fix the forest. He'd grown up there. Zac had destroyed his home to make a point. Tears began to form in the corners of her eyes. 'Don't over do it Bryce. I can't loose you.'

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Bryce had woken with a start in the infirmary. Annie, Zac, Ikari, and Fenix were asleep and resting. He got up and went to talk to the nurse. "Thank you for taking care of me again..." Bryce bowed in thanking the nurse and left before she could reply. He walked back to his bed and woke Annie. "Annie watch after Ikari for me I have to go take care of something." After forcing Annie to agree he waked to the window and jumped out of it flying off to the Old Forest.

He could easily pick-out where the spear had landed through the heavy rain. As he approached he saw that the grass was back and the whole in the earth had been patched. 'Zac must have done this...' He looked around at the destruction that their fight had caused. The forest where he had grown up, where he had learned to use magic, met Ikari, his home... It was completely destroyed. There was nothing. Even the stone that he'd used for meditation was destroyed. He dropped to his knees and began to cry. It hadn't been much of a home but it had been his home all the same. After a few minutes the tears began to slow and his sadness became replaced by determination. He walked to the middle of the clearing and knelt down his hands touching the earth. He began to chant very softly a spell that would drastically quicken the growth of the plants adding his magic to the rain and earth. As he continued his spell he watched as years seemed to speed by trees began to shoot up bushes and brambles began to grow over the ground. He stopped his spell before he fell unconscious again. The earth and rain would continue growing the forest but he had one final thing to do before he was done. He walked to where his stone had been. He stood there for a minute. The small clearing looked exactly like it had the last time he'd visited. Only his rock was missing. Again he knelt down this time preparing to do something he'd never done before. Earth magic. He began collecting his power in the palm of his hand and after it had grown he slammed it into the ground willing it to remake his rock where it had sat. For a moment nothing happened then the Earth shifted. It was slow but as he watched a rock began to push out of the earth where his had sat. After a minute there sat his rock. It looked exactly the same as it had.

Thoroughly exausted he couldn't fly back to the school he began to walk back slowly enjoying the cool rain falling on his shoulders. He sent a message to Lilly via the spirits they still carried. "I'm sorry for everything. I shouldn't have fought with Zac. I shouldn't have yelled at you for trying to protect me. I don't know what came over me, but it's gone now. I'll be back at the school in a bit. If you see Annie let her know please." With that he fell silent for the rest of his journey. Once he got back to the school he saw Zac walking off towards the forest. He considered calling out to him but decided against it. He continued up to his room where he showered and changed. He looked over himself making sure there were no new cuts to get bandaged. For the first time he found none. He walked off to the girl's dorm where he could find Annie and Ikari. He walked in and sat on the foot of Annie's bed. "I'm back." Annie jumped up and hugged him. "I'm glad your alright brother." Bryce smiled and hugged his sister back. "Me too." They sat there waiting to hear from their friends.